Sammy Farha raised, Yueqi Zhu called and then Mike Sexton called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and action checked to Zhu. He bet with both Sexton and Farha calling.
The turn was the 
and everyone checked. The river was the 
and action checked to Zhu again. He fired, Sexton folded and Farha called.
Zhu tabled the 
and Farha mucked after flashing the 
from his hand. He dropped to 350,000 in chips while Zhu increased to over one million.
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James Dempsey has become quite active with his big stack at the eature table. He raised a recent hand from the button and was calledby small blind Sergei Altbregin. Altbregin led into Dempsey on the 
flop and again on the turn. Dempsey called both times, with both players checking the river 
. Altbregin turned over 
, having rivered a ten-high straight. Dempsey flashed 
and mucked.
Steve Wong raised pre-flop from under the gun and was called by big blind Tony Merksick, who said that he told a friend he would never play "this hand". Merksick check-called a bet on the flop and check-called again on the turn. At the river, with the board showing 
, Merksick led into Wong. Wong made a crying call and was shown a very strong two-way hand, 
. Merksick had the nut flush and the second nut low. Wong couldn't beat either hand.
Eric Baldwin raised from the cutoff seat and Yueqi Zhu called on the button. Eugene Katchalov also called in the big blind.
The flop came down paired, 
and action checked to Baldwin. He bet and Zhu folded. Katchalov raised. Baldwin tanked for quite some time and then put in a reraised. Katchlov quickly made it four bets. Baldwin took another moment and then mucked his hand.
Baldwin was left with 140,000 in chips and Katchlov moved to 320,000.
Another pot has been pushed away from Steve Wong. In a battle of the blinds, he check-called a bet from Michael Chow on a flop of . When the turn came , Wong checked again, then raised after Chow bet. Chow called that raise and called one more bet on the 
river. He showed down for a turned nine-high straight and a live four. Wong mucked his cards in disgust.
Wong is down to 92,000 in chips.
Eric Baldwin raised his button and Abe Mosseri called from the big blind. The two players took a flop of 
and Mosseri checked to the preflop raiser. Baldwin fired a bet after a few moments in the tank and Mosseri called.
Baldwin had 38,000 chips behind and Mosseri bet enough to put him all in on the turn. Baldwin tanked for a couple minutes and eventually made the call.
Baldwin held the 
and Mosseri the 
. The river card completed the board with the 
and smacked Mosseri with a card to scoop the pot. He also scooped Baldwin out of the tournament in 11th place.
With Baldwin's elimination, the remaining ten players are moving to the final table stage where they will finish this out.
The tournament has relocated to the main feature table area in the Amazon Room. The final 10 are in the following seats:
Seat 1: Michael Chow
Seat 2: Yueqi Zhu
Seat 3: Steve Wong
Seat 4: Tony Merksick
Seat 5: Eugene Katchalov
Seat 6: Abe Mosseri
Seat 7: Sam Farha
Seat 8: Sergey Altbregin
Seat 9: James Dempsey
Seat 10: Mike Sexton
James Dempsey is off to a great start at this non-official final table. He just scooped a 400,000-chip pot against Abe Mosseri by making a full house, kings full of aces, against Mosseri's nut flush. Both players are at the top of the counts. Dempsey now has 1.62 million, while Mosseri is quite robust with 915,000.
The flop came down and Mike Sexton checked to Sammy Farha. He bet and Sergey Altbregin folded before Sexton raised him. Farha called.
The turn card came the 
and Sexton bet. Farha raised to put Sexton all in and he called. Sexton held the 
for trip aces, but was behind the of Farha for a full house.
The river card was the and Sexton couldn't fill up in his own right and was eliminated from the tournament. The official final table is now set and we'll have the counts coming for you shortly.
Here's the official counts as the players take a short break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,535,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
||
|
997,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
|
|
||
|
914,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
|
764,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
608,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
|
||
|
570,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
550,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
320,000 | |
|
|
||
|
92,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
